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Here and Now: Social activists discuss impact of ‘Less is More’ law
By Eyewitness News via abc7NY On this episode of Here and Now, social justice activists discuss the impact of the new “Less is More” law.NEW YORK (WABC) — On this episode […]
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New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to release 8,000 parolees from supervision by the end of March
By: Yoselin Person via WKBW Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has announced they’ll discharge eight thousand people on…
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Another test for New York’s criminal justice reform
By Chase Houle via 13WHAM Rochester, N.Y. — New York’s criminal justice reform has been criticized as dangerous and poorly thought out – and raised as long overdue. Thursday, 8,000…
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An update about bail reform in New York
By: gabriel sayegh via Medium.com The inherent unfairness and cruelty of the cash bail system undermines the promise of safety, equal opportunity, and equal justice under law that New Yorkers [&hellip…
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Parole Reform Squabble Has Left Hundreds Sitting in New York Jails
By Chris Gelardi via New York Focus At the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, at least 91 people had been waiting for March 1 to roll around. On that […]
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Parole Reform Squabble Leaves Hundreds in New York Jails
By Chris Gelardi via The American Prospect At the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, at least 91 people had been waiting for March 1 to roll around. […]
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NY is closing 6 prisons Thursday. What will it mean for local economies?
Tiffany Cusaac-Smith via Poughkeepsie Journal Correctional facilities in Rochester, Fishkill and Southport are among six New York prisons shuttering Thursday, amid diminishing prison populations…
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Big Changes to Parole Are Here. How Will ‘Less is More’ Hold Up?
By Reuven Blau and Rachel Holliday Smith via The City For decades, New York state law allowed parole officers to toss people back into jail for low-level infractions like missing…
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A second chance: How the parole justice movement has gained steam in New York state
By Robbie Sequeira via BronxTimes Without a second chance, Donna Hylton would have never transformed her life. Without a second chance, Hylton may only be remembered for a traumatic childhood [&hellip…
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Kenyatta Muzzanni: Connecticut proposals would criminalize young people in insidious new ways
By Kenyatta Muzzani Via Hartford Courant In the past two years, Connecticut residents pushed for and won major reforms of the criminal legal system, including passing legislation on police a…
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Justice Reform Funders: Stop the Poverty Pimping
If You’re Really Behind Grassroots Movements, Get Out of the Way By: Lorenzo Jones via Medium.com Over the past 10–15 years, the political landscape in the U.S. has undergone monumental […]
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A cancer patient was sent to prison for DUI. Two months later, he was dead from COVID
By Dave Altimari and Kelan Lyons via CT Mirror William Lamprecht stood before the judge in a Torrington courtroom in September fearing the four months he was about to spend in prison […]
